Jan./Feb. 2014 hatch a long

[DeannaA]

I don't do the actual killing, Jeff does that , but I jump right in and help process...My problem, I have a hard time for a few weeks, sometimes a month before I can really enjoy our meat...Took care of rabbits a month ago, have cooked up three, enjoyed my first one night before last..
Cant explain it, always been that way, its just me

I live alone. If I butchered mine, I'd have to do everything myself. Just can't do it, yet anyway. Maybe eventually.

 

[Cynthia12]

HI,
Just a quick check in.....another Orp pipping........
I'll get pic; tomorrow....cannot wait for you to see the first one out.............
A blrw roo over an EE hen..................the chick is so ugly it is cute...............

Can't name the color................it has about everything............little muffs......oh I hope it is a girl

Think I will have more in the morning..happy women here.....................

LOL..so ugly it's cute? Seen a few of those in my hatching years! I'm just catching up..maybe there will be photos..of the ugly/so cute one.

 

[Cynthia12]

Max and I watched American Idol.

Max taking his seat getting ready for the show.


Max enjoys watching the singing butour favorite part...


Harry

Dang! Me and my DH love to watch this...lol..yep, as old as we are. I love music. Didn't know it had started..when is the next episode?

 

[Cynthia12]

LOL, now if only my body would get that message!!!

Oh just wait..you think you are having a few jolts and pinches now! Give it a couple more decades.

 

[Cynthia12]

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Well, here are the results! 34 healthy chicks out of the 36 eggs that were fertile. Giving the other two eggs the rest of the day, but I'm almost positive they are dead...

 

[AmericanMom]

I live alone. If I butchered mine, I'd have to do everything myself. Just can't do it, yet anyway. Maybe eventually.

yeah, I wouldn't be able to do it by myself...

 

[Cynthia12]

Good Morning!!! I have 25 that should be hatching today or tomorrow! They are all from my own flock or my Father in Laws. Can't wait!!!

Us either! Waiting on some more cute fluffy butt pictures.

 

[Cynthia12]

My eggs are in a turner, pointy end down...

 

[AmericanMom]

Oh just wait..you think you are having a few jolts and pinches now! Give it a couple more decades.

I don't think I want to have more jolts and pinches... I have chronic back trouble...Took a gallon of milk out of the fridge last night while making dinner and threw it out again, I have two herniated discs, and sciatic nerve damage.... Supposed to have the GK this weekend but hubby wants me to call the kids and tell them I'm down with my back again...I just cant, they are due for baby # 3 in a few months and I was really looking forward to having the boys here with us for a few days and give Mom and Dad a break, it always seems like when they need me something has happened and I have had to back out..

And to add insult to injury I cant walk out to the back of the property to see my Chickens, have to allow Hubby and Daughter to care for them, I'll sit in here and worry whether the coop was cleaned out good enough, if they remembered to give them the feed ratio and treats I give and talk to my flock...Will they remember I always give Daddy roo the treats first so he can dole it out to the ladies before spreading it around for all the others?

At least I'm in here with my eggs... Going to candle tonight if I can after everyone gets home from work..

 

[otis7]

They are my own eggs. Our rooster was killed by a hawk last month, we were trying to bring a part of him back by incubating some of his eggs. This was our only chance. We started with 5 eggs, down to two. I will give them until day 23 and float test. I will open them up, if only to catch a glimpse of the babies we lost so much sleep over the past 21 days. If they don't make, I'll burry them next to their pops. I don't know if we will try incubation again after this. Don't want too many roosters because I won't be able to deal with them. (vegan, boyfriend eats the eggs). We only have four hens, and were very attached to our bumbly little flock. They had been doing so well up until lockdown.